The application of a new portable scale, (being the first of this nature) in resolving questions in the following particulars: viz. Interest, for any sum, time or rate. Discount, of bills, tallies, stock, &c. Factoridge brokeridge commission exchange, &c. at all rates. Value of any quantity of goods, merchandize, or any fractional part of an intiger. Of any number of pistols, dollers, or other foreign coin. Of wages due to any workmen or seamen, for any time or rate: as also short allowance. Number, of days in any distance of time. Proportion, of any sum per annum, to one or any number of dayes. And several other profitable uses. The second edition, with additions. Invented by Tho. Wastell.
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- The application of a new portable scale, (being the first of this nature) in resolving questions in the following particulars: viz. Interest, for any sum, time or rate. Discount, of bills, tallies, stock, &c. Factoridge brokeridge commission exchange, &c. at all rates. Value of any quantity of goods, merchandize, or any fractional part of an intiger. Of any number of pistols, dollers, or other foreign coin. Of wages due to any workmen or seamen, for any time or rate: as also short allowance. Number, of days in any distance of time. Proportion, of any sum per annum, to one or any number of dayes. And several other profitable uses. The second edition, with additions. Invented by Tho. Wastell.
- Author
- Wastell, Tho. (Thomas)
- Publication
- London :: printed for the author, and sold by Richard Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill,
- 1700.
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- Subject terms
- Interest
- Saving and investment -- England
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"The application of a new portable scale, (being the first of this nature) in resolving questions in the following particulars: viz. Interest, for any sum, time or rate. Discount, of bills, tallies, stock, &c. Factoridge brokeridge commission exchange, &c. at all rates. Value of any quantity of goods, merchandize, or any fractional part of an intiger. Of any number of pistols, dollers, or other foreign coin. Of wages due to any workmen or seamen, for any time or rate: as also short allowance. Number, of days in any distance of time. Proportion, of any sum per annum, to one or any number of dayes. And several other profitable uses. The second edition, with additions. Invented by Tho. Wastell." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A96062.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
Contents
- introduction
- title page
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To the Honoured
Charles Sergison, Esq CLERK of the Acts OF HIS Majesty's Royal Navy. -
How to Tabulate any Number on this SCALE.
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Interest at anyRate, for anyTime orSum. Found on the First Side. -
Discount ofBills, Tallies, orStocks. -
Brokeridge, Factoridge, Commis∣sion, Exchange,
&c. -
Gold orForeign Coin to cast up. -
Value ofGoods orMerchandize. -
Wages toWorkmen atDay-work. -
Wages toWorkmen by theYear. -
Seamen 'sWages by theYear. -
Wages toSeamen per Mensem. - Short Allowance.
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A Yearly Sum, Pension, Sala∣ry, being given, to find the&c. Proportion to anyNumber ofDays. -
The
Price of aLoad ofTimber, be∣ing given, to find theValue of anyNumber ofFeet under aLoad. -
Common Multiplicands, to find the Value of any Number ofFeet, ofPlank of any Thickness under aLoad, at anyPrice By the foregoingper Load:Rule. -
Time to Cast intoDays. -
For Reducing Shillings, Pence
and Farthingsinto Decimals,the Intigerbeing One Pound.
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Some further Uses this SCALE is applicable to, Occur'd since the First Edition,
VIZ. - Compound
Interest, orRebate. - Annuities,
Forbearance, Discount orPurchase. - Division, to
Three Decimal Parts. - Rule of Three,
Direct orInverse. - Reduction,
Ascending orDescending. - Fellowship,
Loss orGain. - Exchange,
Inwards orOutwards. - Tare
and Trett. - Equation of Payments,
and - Further Directions for Casting Seamens Wages, at any Rate
per Mensem, &c.
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Compound Interest at 6 per Cent. -
Compound Interest or increase of a Sum of Money, forborn at
6 per Cent. SideA. -
Compound Rebate or Discount at 6 per Cent. Side A. -
Forbearance of Annuities at
6 per C. Compound Interest.Side A. -
Discount of Annuities at
6 per Cent. Compound Interest.Side A. -
Purchase of Annuities at
6 per Cent. Compound Interest. SideA. -
Division on the
Side A. -
Rule of Three Direct.
Side A. -
Rule of Three Inverse.
Side A. -
Reduction ascending. Side B. - Reduction Descending.
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Fellowship, Gain. Side A. - Loss.
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Exchange, Foreign into Sterling.
Side B. - English into Foreign.
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Tare. Side A. -
Tret. Side A. -
Equation of Payments.
Side A. - The Monthly Wages allowed to Seamen in all Rates.
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Seamen's Wages. Side A. - Simple Interest for Quarters.
- Compound